And Talon is actually contributing in noticeable, impactful ways.

And I don't know if you're really a very unbiased voice in this. Don't you also take personal issue with him?

I think talon did some joke or something at his expense, if I recall correctly.

In the context of what was discussed up to your post, it is.

Impartial to what? Talon and Vivster? Yeah, I would claim to be impartial. Even if I wasn't, a cursory glance at what each user brings to the site shows a clear gap in importance to VGC. On one hand, you've got a relatively active poster who seems to hold grudges. On the other, you've got a hot-headed coder doing free work.

Now, if you knew anything about what coders get paid, you'd know that how valuable (monetarily, at least) Talon is to the site. But Vivster?

We've got tons of posters like him.

Seems like you're just jelly that he was perceived as a better pick for mod than you.

¯_(ツ)_/¯

It's a simple warning. The guy said something that wasn't correct, doesn't mean you have to jump down his throat for it. If that's how we all talked to each other every time someone said something that that turns out to be wrong, or we disagree with, where would we be? A little bit of civility in conversation goes a long way towards preventing anything that requires more serious moderation.

But that's not what he was "punished" for, it was he way he worded his response. It's only a warning.

You make it sound like the guy was trying to consistently push a false narrative, which wasn't the case. He was just wrong about something, and conceded that he was wrong right after. The point is, seth could have told him he was wrong without immediately calling him a bullshit posting liar. I can understand going off like that if someone is trying to just repeatedly spread misinformation, but that just wasn't the case, se he didn't need to go at him like that. 

I stand by the moderation

Kapi the real baiters never get banned, no use complaining

Calling out someone for being wrong is fine. Being a dick about it isn't.

The problem with someone being "wrong" comes from when the person refuses to see sense and hunkers down on the bullshit they're spewing. This was seen fairly recently by myself when I had to report another user for being repeatedly obtuse and dragging the thread off topic (I couldn't moderate on phone, it was a pain). There should be no real punishment for being wrong. There should be punishment for antagonistic behavior.